Raising guide dog puppies was one of the most meaningful experiences in my life. This episode discusses the heart warming (and heart breaking) story of how my late wife Cyndi fulfilled her lifelong dream of raising guide dog puppies. I talk about many topics related to our 4+ years raising very special puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind (www.guidedogs.com). This episode wraps up talking about the beautiful guide dog graduation ceremony and takes us up to when Cyndi passed away. I know it meant the world to her to have fulfilled that dream and raise proud puppies who went on to be guides for visually impaired people.
The picture for this episodes is Ruffles, our first guide dog puppy, graduating at Guide Dog for the Blind's (GDB) Oregon campus. Look at how attentively Ruffles listens to me while I tell stories about her. I'm on the right with the microphone, my daughter Jackie, Ruffles in the middle, Ted (the blind man who received Ruffles as his guide) and the GDB master of ceremonies. Cyndi was in the audience and took this picture. She was too ill to take the stage with us.